Improvement in bed-springs



F. R. SMiTH.

l Bed-Springs. No. 138,589. Patented May 6,1873

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

F. ROLLIN SMITH, OF BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,589, dated May 6, 1873 application iled March 29, 1873.

vsprings constructed according to my invention; it also shows part of a bed and one of the slats in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the spring. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and Fig. 4 isa front elevation of a spring with a Inodied arrangement of the end on which the slat rests.

A represents the spring, which consists of a flat piece of' steel bent into the form of two sides of a triangle, and fastened at one side one end of a slat, C, as shownin the drawing. This upper end I propose to bend a lit` tle at a to form a rest for the Slat, and split it either near the middle or near the sides, and bend up one or more tongues, d., to enter a mortise, e, inthe middle or notches in the sides of the slat, and thus hold it on its seat. Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentp As anilnproved article of manufacture, the spring A, having a seat., a., for the slat to rest on, and one or more tongues, d, for holding on the seat, all formed of the end ofthe spring, substantially as specified.

F. ROLLIN SMITH. Witnesses:

T. B. MosHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

